Sanitation Team Member

Job Locations
US-IL-Gridley

Requisition ID

2018-12637

Division

Kerry

Position Type

Full Time

Recruiter

WT1

Posting Type

DNI

Company Overview

Want a job you can feel good about? Leading to better encompasses everything we do at Kerry, it's how we've become the world's leading taste and nutrition company. Whether it's building sustainable solutions for consumers or building benefits and opportunities for employees, the main thread of the Kerry fabric is #LeadingToBetter. With focus on a sustainable future, a career with Kerry is something you can feel good about.

Leading to better.

Through sensory science and technology, Kerry develops and manufactures food and beverage solutions for popular brands throughout the world. In fact, you've most likely experienced Kerry in the food or beverages you've consumed in the past few days!

Leading to better, together.

Together, we shape how the world views food and beverage. Leading to better, together means we do this in a culture that nurtures agility, speed, quality and safety and we do this through:

Celebrating curiosity that leads to action

Empowering our people

Promoting diverse thinking

Investing in innovation

Acting on sustainability

Embracing our differences

Kerry is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.

The Gridley Illinois facility is a non-smoking location

Description and Responsibilities

Cleans dust, oil, and other debris from machines, overhead pipes, and conveyors.

Cleans screens and filters.

Cleans floors and applies floor drier using a large floor scrubber and buffer.

Clean and sanitize work areas, to ensure control of contaminants, bacteria, and other pathogens.

Picks up refuse from plant grounds and maintains area by removing snow.

Notifies Sanitation Manager concerning need for cleaning supplies.

Arranges boxes, material, and other industrial equipment in neat and orderly manner.

Transports trash and waste to disposal area.

Starts pumps to force cleaning solution through production machinery, and piping.

Qualifications

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

High school diploma or GED preferred, as well as relevant work experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, work orders, and standard operating procedures. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one or small group situations

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as weights, pounds, quantities and pallet configurations. Ability to analyze and interpret data. Ability to apply concepts of basic math.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, talk or hear, and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally team lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

The employee occasionally works in elevated positions and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock.

The employee climbs ladders and encounters cleaning compounds that can be toxic.